…and what a week it has been too.
The school is on the cusp of making several key decisions regarding ICT in our senior school, and rather than just leaping in and making a executive decision, a process that does limit staff buy in. The school sent 2 principals, 1 Deputy principal, 6 Heads of Faculty, [...]
This session was a little on the edge. The three presenters (two real and one virtual via skype) were pushing the boundaries of their presentations - they had a wiki they shared, google documents and forms, presenting ucing google presenter and skyping into the presentation to video conference. The bandwidth and wireless was flaky [...]
Ian Jukes is a researcher and presenter I have wantde to meet. His paper on Digitial Children is one I have read and enjoyed. It even warrants a page on my wiki. So I must admit I was looking forwarded to Ian session today….
….and I was not disappointed.
At about a million miles per hour, Ian [...]
Well day one went well. The open source lab was interesting - I attended a session using Blender a 3D image and animation tool. A good session, a little to big for really good learning but it was a good taster and one I will follow up on.
I continue to be impressed [...]
This is an interesting product - a 3D immersive mathematics game. Kids play in 1st person either individual or in teams. They have instructional modules followed by the games themselves.
Can be competitive between schools and districts. Neat
C-Map Notes
URL: http://www.tabuladigita.com/
Neat game interface, a fun approach to maths and adjustable into other subjects. Would be bandwdith intensive. [...]
Yesterday we had the bus tour of San Antonio, the 7th largest city in the US.
San Antonio is steeped in history. The tour started with the Missions. Spanish missionaries in the 17th C convert the local indians to chistianity, while avoiding being spitted by the local apaches and co. To do this they set up [...]
Yesterday I had the privilage of attending and presenting at the Waimarino Cluster Conference, held at Bethlehem College in Tauranga. Overall I found the experience to be a positive one.
The evening before we had a very pleasant meal out with Richard, Sharon, Rocky, Allanah and Jamin. Having time to network with other enthusiasts is [...]
http://poptech.com
They are popping up (please excuse the pun) all over the place. First there was TED and now there is POP!Tech. This is what they say about themselves….
“Pop!Tech is a one-of-a-kind conference, a community of remarkable people, and an ongoing conversation about science, technology and the future of ideas.”
Like TED - they cast video clips [...]
